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Withtheberd Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. Either to distinguish from another man of the same Christian name, or because the beard was rarely worn at the period.
William Withtheberd, Close Roll, 23 Edward III. pt.
John Wytheberd.
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This surname is derived from a nickname. Either to distinguish from another man of the same Christian name, or because the beard was rarely worn at the period.
William Withtheberd, Close Roll, 23 Edward III. pt.
John Wytheberd. State Paper Office Publications.
Peter Wi-the-berd. Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum.
Similar names are: Brownbeard and Blackbeard; also Hugh Barbatus (Domesday).
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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